Hi, I'm a total newbie but I saw a similar post here a while back so I thought this would be a good place to post my question.
I need to thread a LOT of 8 inch long 3/8 thick steel rods, for half an inch on both ends. I'd like to use 3/8-16 threads. My question is, apart from a machine lathe, is there any tool that will let me do this quickly? Any kind of hand held or table top power die that can be used to make these threads? I don't much like the idea of threading 100+ steel rods by hand, 1/2 of threads on either end.
I know these can be purchased as studs, but I can't find ones with the right length threading on both ends, except very expensively.
Thanks in advance!
I need to thread a LOT of 8 inch long 3/8 thick steel rods, for half an inch on both ends. I'd like to use 3/8-16 threads. My question is, apart from a machine lathe, is there any tool that will let me do this quickly? Any kind of hand held or table top power die that can be used to make these threads? I don't much like the idea of threading 100+ steel rods by hand, 1/2 of threads on either end.
I know these can be purchased as studs, but I can't find ones with the right length threading on both ends, except very expensively.
Thanks in advance!